Forget hobby drones: College student builds 491 mph jet-powered speed demon
The drone can reach a top speed of 491 mph
NASA's Swift Space Telescope is set to crash back to Earth this week
What goes up must eventually come down
Android 11 has 10 times more users than Google's latest version
Android fragmentation is still a major problem for Google
Microsoft Office is down to $27 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office is now available for just $27. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 85% off the regular price.
Apple is warning iPhone users in 110 countries about mercenary spyware
Highly targeted attack may have affected journalists, activists, politicians, and diplomats
Intel's long-lost Larrabee GPU turns up in storage unit with working drivers, and yes, it can run Crysis
A rare dev kit gives collectors the missing piece of Intel's cancelled x86 graphics card
TL;DR: Larrabee prototypes have surfaced before, but almost always as barebones hardware with no drivers to make them work properly. This find includes Intel's own software stack, now preserved on the Internet Archive. For the first time, owners of surviving cards can test what Intel's ill-fated GPU could actually do.
Grok Bot users accuse xAI of an "indirect rug pull" after usage cuts, Musk blames unsustainable costs
Even the world's richest man is struggling with the spiraling cost of AI
Nintendo tried to kill Switch emulation, but the PC is running Switch 2 games now
An early and experimental Eden-NX2 runs games in a "somewhat playable state" on powerful hardware
Digital billboards across the globe hacked to show porn, attackers say "anyone with two brain cells" could do it
Screens in Egypt, Malaysia, and Brazil were among those affected
Gears of War: E-Day's half-billion-dollar budget was no rumor
It's now the clearest example of runaway AAA costs
Spotify plans to let users remix artists' songs using AI next year, but it'll cost up to $5 extra per month
Some musicians are pushing back against the controversial service
An internet tax that would charge by the gigabyte just squeaked through France's lower house
But only 21 lawmakers voted on it
WTF?! These days, moving a gigabyte of data across the internet usually costs companies well under a cent. France, however, wants them to pay several times that just in tax. Lawmakers there narrowly voted on Friday to charge content providers 5.5 cents for every gigabyte they send to French users – though the measure still has a long way to go before it becomes law.
OpenAI's plan to make data centers less hated: Rename them "compute campuses"
Maybe "dream factories" would have been a better choice?
GPU Prices Are Spiraling Out of Control: Q4 2026 Update
Graphics card prices have jumped 35% in just three months, with Nvidia's high-end GPUs reaching absurd levels and Radeon cards catching up. Our Q4 2026 update finds little reason to expect relief.
"Ghost students" stole millions in federal aid until data patterns gave them away
Data analysis flagged the fraud, and the FBI traced the money to bank accounts and crypto wallets
Intel's next budget laptop chip may have no performance cores at all
Intel Moon Lake leak points to four efficiency cores, no performance cores, and a 6 W to 15 W TDP
The solar system may have a sixth dwarf planet, hidden against the Milky Way
Estimated at 600 to 1,500 km across, it may be the largest object found past Neptune in about 20 years
Europe and Canada team up in AI computing alliance that doesn't depend on Washington
Canada becomes part of Europe's network of 14 supercomputers, 10 quantum computers, and 19 AI factories
Microsoft's DirectX update could slash ray tracing memory by up to 90 percent
It works on current GPUs, no new hardware needed
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BOOM
Intel stock plunges nearly 30%, its worst day in 52 years
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MANUFACTURING
HP and Asus shift PC production back to China as costs soar
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GAMING
You can now run Switch games on iPhones and Macs
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WTF
Hackers expose 41,000 Homeland Security employees and covert operations
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ELON MUSK'S
SpaceXSI offers to buy homes near its data centers, as long as owners don't sue
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COMPUTE
Modders unlock hidden AI power on Nvidia RTX 20, 30, and 40 GPUs
Sam Altman says it's "terrible" for RAM to sit inside PCs instead of data centers
The remarks drew immediate backlash, with DRAM costs reportedly up fivefold since last year
Intel stock plunges nearly 30%, its worst day in 52 years
Memory costs are squeezing PC demand, and Intel doesn't see improvement until supply and prices normalize
This smart screwdriver uses a camera and AI to identify screws and set torque automatically
The Kickstarter met its goal within 24 hours and has since passed it by more than 10 times
The AI hardware crunch has reached the humble circuit board
It's leaving PC makers short heading into 2027
Ripple effect: PC makers have spent most of this year chasing memory and graphics chips as AI data centers bought up whatever they could. Now the circuit boards those chips sit on are reportedly running short, too. The same factories are busy with far pricier boards for AI servers, so PC orders are getting pushed to the back of the line.
Fujifilm pours $64 million into magnetic tape production as AI storage demand surges
The genAI craze has turned old tape tech into a precious storage asset
A University of Kentucky employee asked to be exempted from using AI for his 'religious' beliefs
Thanks to AI, now you need a religious exemption to use your own brain
Actor Patrick Stewart dies at 86, legendary star of Star Trek and X-Men
"I'll always and forever be an actor," Stewart said, ruling out retirement before his death
Microsoft Edge gets up to 33% faster launches on Windows 11
Microsoft has made Edge quicker to launch, with startup times improving by 15% on average and up to 33% during heavy multitasking. The optimization lets Windows communicate directly with Edge when the browser is already running, cutting unnecessary overhead. It's a welcome performance boost for a browser that continues to compete with Chrome.
Binance loses $6.3 billion in largest crypto heist ever
Withdrawals remain suspended as investigators uncover additional points of breach
Anthropic manager stops coding interviews because Claude beats most candidates
Watching candidates solve a problem once predicted how they'd do on job, but AI has made the exercise nearly meaningless
Elon Musk's SpaceXSI offers to buy hundreds of homes near its data centers, as long as owners don't sue
Residents say the constant noise is making their lives miserable
The Elder Scrolls 6 is reportedly titled "Sentinel," and a reveal might come soon
The Elder Scrolls reveal could land on the 15th anniversary of Skyrim
Flock can't seem to take no for an answer, as its cameras reappear in another city that rejected them
Two cameras were reinstalled despite Minnesota city canceling its contract and ordering to stop
Razer Blade 18 Laptop Review: RTX 5090 Power in a Slim, Quiet Package
The Razer Blade 18 packs an RTX 5090, a stunning 240Hz/440Hz display, and serious gaming power into a surprisingly sleek chassis. But can its premium design justify the eye-watering price?
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